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Ameek Bhalla

Experience

Institute of Genomics & Integrative Biology
Senior Research Fellow (Genomics)

New Delhi, India

Present - 2017

  • Designed, executed, and analyzed quantitative genetic experiments, containing 480,000 data points, to infer the heritability of metabolic traits

Graduate Research Fellow (Computational Biology)

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2017 - 2015

  • Implemented mixed models to handle nested data, increasing statistical power by 1000%
  • Invented techniques for mass production and processing of biological replicates, resulting in the publication of two research articles

Project Manager (Diabetes Genetics)

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2015 - 2012

  • Operationalized a government project (CSIR, India) by managing procurement, troubleshooting protocols, and training five new colleagues
  • Evaluated 50 candidate genes for diabetes using 200 transgenic constructs in Drosophila

Cureus Inc.
Freelance Content Editor (Medicine)

Palo Alto (remote)

Present - 2020

Scored a 4.9/5 from authors for critiquing the statistics, data visuals, and semantics of 150 manuscripts, along with an international team

Cactus Communications Pvt. Ltd.
Freelance Copy Editor (Molecular Biology)

Mumbai (remote)

2020 - 2017

  • Boosted the readability of 300 manuscripts from more than 10 developing countries, enhancing their acceptance by life science journals

Indian Institute of Science
Research Assistant (Alzheimer Genetics)

Bangalore, India

2012 - 2007

  • Pioneered a low-cost technique for measuring long-term memory of classical conditioning in Drosophila

Education

Institute of Genomics & Integrative Biology
Ph.D. candidate, Computational Biology/Genomics

New Delhi, India

2021 - 2015

University of Delhi
Postgraduate diploma, Biochemical Technology

New Delhi, India

2007 - 2006

University of Delhi
BSc (honors), Biomedical Sciences

New Delhi, India

2006 - 2003

Peer-reviewed Publications

Transgenerational inheritance of cold temperature response in Drosophila
Karunakar P, Bhalla A, Sharma A; FEBS Letters, 593:594-600

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2019